That's roughly the population of South Bend.
No doubt there is a lot of low hanging fruit for automation in the 3rd world, especially with rising wages. In 2006 the average mfg worker in China made $2700, in 2016 it's $8300. My company has done projects in China, Mexico, SA, Indonesia, etc.
I have a degree in Robotics/Automation, programmed my first robot in 1999. I work in this field and have seen a lot of change, but the trend isn't towards replacing workers at least here in the US. Most of the focus here is on information and quality control, though new plants are definitely highly automated. Someone still has to tell the automation what to do, maintain it, retrofit/reprogram for new product offerings, etc. If my children were of college age, I would strongly encourage them into tech fields. The other thing that is happening is replacing outdated automation with new, but these projects don't tend to replace workers, at least in my experience.
Another focus here is on Cybersecurity. Chinese hackers are actively trying to steal machine designs, product recipes, etc. IT jobs are being added in the Industrial space.
Some believe that robotics will bring manufacturing back to the US, see the article below.
Link: https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/21/how-robots-will-reshape-the-us-economy/